Pacific DIM

Rating: 6/10 (25 July 2013)

After all the hype I was left a tad disappointed. OK it was full of action and the big scenes were well big but the acting left it feeling very flat. The story that the world is being attacked by gigantic creatures which required even bigger robots to fight them off was alright but it lacked any sort of introduction the movie just got off with a bang and then constantly grinds forward without any real story. You can think of this as Godzilla meets Transformers but with the acting and story ripped out. The only saving grace was Idris Elba he manages to carry the film forward with a good performance and the big action sequences take care of themselves. It didn't look terribly good in 3D IMAX and I don't think the proportion on the screen was too clever. The picture filled the screen to the bottom but not the top and the images were blurred on the faster sequences. I had expected big things from this film but the acting and story left me feeling a little sad. But on the plus size its an action fest with monsters and machines so not all bad!